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March 4th 2012

Published: June 20th 2012

Shanghai and I did not get off to a good start. First thing I do is buy a bottle of water at an airport shop, as I'm rather dehydrated and dizzy from the long flight. I ask the shopgirl if she can point me to the metro, but then I realize I'm in China now, and English doesn't get me very far. She calls another shopgirl, and I repeat what I said, but they just look at each other confuse... Read Full Entry

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J. Lalo Cura

Susurros somnolientos

Working hard to be a glass-half-full kinda guy. "And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee" Matthew 5:29 "You don’t do that to no lady. You gonna get it now, fool." Mr. T "Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist." George Carlin Visited Countries Map Travels 2008/09/10/11... full info

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20th June 2012

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Tea house.
I had tea in that tea house, when I was in Shanghai. FYI The queen of England had tea there too, but not at the same time as I did. :)

20th June 2012

Susurros somnolientos
J. Lalo Cura

Royaltea house
Hi Mel, that's pretty cool that you recognize the tea house, I wasn't aware that it's so famous. I went inside, but I found i too expensive :-/ Cheers, Jens

20th June 2012

Meryl Dunton-Rose
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Noodles and more noodles!
Love the blog! We got out of Shanghai and went to Tongli thinking it was the 'real deal.' Part of it was, where we stayed and just walked around the touristy bit.

20th June 2012

Susurros somnolientos
J. Lalo Cura

You can never have enough noodles!
Hi Meryl, thanks for reading and taking the time to comment! I also went to Tongli, it's a quaint little town, but very touristy. A blog will follow eventually. Chees, Jens

20th June 2012

The Travel Camel
Shane Dallas

Schadenfreude
Dare I admit to laughing out loud at your observations of the disrespectful monologue you were subjected to in a French restaurant (including your excellent undelivered reply), the "ritualized dullness" of the expat network, the various approaches by females peddling their wares, and at the reaction to your decision of eating in the cheaper downstairs dining area. A witty, eloquent ("Expectations can be treacherous things sometimes" should be a Chinese proverb) blog with wonderful photos inside the Shanghai Museum - particularly the camel ones of course.

21st June 2012

Susurros somnolientos
J. Lalo Cura

Zeitgeist
Thanks a lot Mr. Camel! I'm glad you were entertained by my little blog. You certainly need a sense of humour in China, especially so if you can't communicate with the locals. The camel figurines were among my favourites, as well, I found they just had something very archaic and primeval (and borderline-sexual)... Cheers, Jens

21st June 2012

TinNiE
" Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness "

"The train actually turned around, somehow, at that stop where everybody rushed out, and I was supposed to switch to another train." --> that almost happened to me in Singapore, but then someone came to rescue...hehe. fun blog :)

21st June 2012

Susurros somnolientos
J. Lalo Cura

Thanks, Tinnie! :) Yeah, by looking at the metro map, you would have never guessed that the train turns around. How is that even possible in a regular big city???

22nd June 2012

aarong88
Aaron Douglas Gatt

enjoyed reading this. funny and informative. Hoping to get over too Shanghai at some point and this gave me a good insight. cheers!

22nd June 2012

Susurros somnolientos
J. Lalo Cura

Thanks, Aaron! Glad you enjoyed it :)

23rd June 2012

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

SHANGHAI
Great pics from Shanghai Museum...possibly the best museum in China. Check out under the Pearl Tower...in some ways even better. My first impression of Shanghai was it was a citywide competition to build the zaniest highrises...enjoy the ride.

23rd June 2012

Susurros somnolientos
J. Lalo Cura

Skyscrapers
Hi Dave, thanks for the comment. I didn't check out the high-rises this time, I was more caught up with eating, museums and sitting on the metro. Shanghai definitely needs more of one's time. Cheers, Jens

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